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Evergreen Village, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Shalersville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44255. The Survey maps it on the Ravenna quadrangle.

Evergreen Village within Portage County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Evergreen Village, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Evergreen Village, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the 1885 county history

4,075 words on this township

The county history of 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Shalersville Township covers a pioneer family, early privations, some other settlers, three selfmade men, silas crocker, sylvester beecher, david mcintosh, organization.

Read the chapter on Shalersville Township - 4,075 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,162 shown

Museums hold 1,162 specimens collected within 10 miles of Evergreen Village between 1883 and 1975: 847 Animalia, 277 Plantae, 32 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, A. Woolman and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1884G. DeanGarretsville
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1904Rood, Almon N.; Roscoe J. WebbFreedom Twp
Specimen of Frankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.TisonFrankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.Tison1910Rankin; H.H. Whetzel
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 18981883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Glaucomys volans, not of this specimenGlaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758)1889C. P. StreatorRavenna
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ambystoma maculatum, not of this specimenAmbystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)1893not recordedGarrettsville
A photograph of the species Cambarus propinquus, not of this specimenCambarus propinquus Girard, 18521893WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio

All 1,162 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 23 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Evergreen Village: 11 past producers, 11 producers, 1 plant. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beck Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Beck Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Becks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jefferson Materials Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Karl Brugmann Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Karl Brugmann Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lakeside Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lucky Sand and Gravel Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miller Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miller Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Portage County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Shalersville0.3 miles15
Pine Manor1.3 miles14
Mantua2.8 miles13
Freedom Dam3.0 miles14
Freedom4.3 miles15
Blackbrook Valley Estates4.6 miles13
Mantua Corners4.6 miles13
Mantua Center4.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2513585. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.